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Personal blog · jenn.siteculturepolitics
Jenneral HQ 🌠is a personal blog at jenn.site about culture and politics. Since 2025, 17 different Hacker News readers have linked it 24 times, most often “Culture Isn't Stagnating, You Guys Are Just Old”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-15, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Jenn's blog as a personal, non-AI read, mainly her posts about her late father, including the love letters found after his death. One commenter calls her a big fan.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
dispatches from the magnificent edifice
Most-linked posts?
- /my-dead-deadbeat-gay-dad/4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2025-11-23
- Culture Isn't Stagnating, You Guys Are Just Old3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2026-01-11
- /my-dad-could-still-be-alive-but-hes-not/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-11-23
What Hacker News says?
- bink · 2025-11-23
Looks like they changed the link. https://www.jenn.site/dissolution/
Comment linking /dissolution/
on “After my dad died, we found the love letters” Submitted After my dad died, we found the love letters as a story · 953 points
HN discussion- donatj · 2025-11-23
There is also a part two apparently for anyone curious: https://www.jenn.site/my-dead-deadbeat-gay-dad/
Comment linking /my-dead-deadbeat-gay-dad/
on “After my dad died, we found the love letters” Submitted My dad could still be alive, but he's not as a story · 456 points
HN discussionI read the linked post as well: https://jenn.site/my-dad-could-still-be-alive-but-hes-not/ > i learn the story afterwards. dad went upstairs for a lie-down after dinner, but was awoken by severe chest pain. he vomits, which is a thing he never does, and asks mom to call 911 immediately. she does and provides all the symptoms, the dispatcher tells her that they've sent for an ambulance, and they should get ready to g…
Comment linking /my-dad-could-still-be-alive-but-hes-not/
on “After my dad died, we found the love letters”Submitted Notes on Private Trackers as a story · 68 points
HN discussionYeah kind of wish I hadn’t read that one. But the whole truth is always best to know. Somehow makes his story so much more sad. Edit: Oh my goodness didn’t realize this was the same Dad from: https://jenn.site/my-dad-could-still-be-alive-but-hes-not/
Comment linking /my-dad-could-still-be-alive-but-hes-not/
on “After my dad died, we found the love letters”- nsm · 2026-01-25
Submitted Canada as a story · 41 points
HN discussion Read the follow-up too, there are some unexpected twists. https://www.jenn.site/my-dead-deadbeat-gay-dad/
Comment linking /my-dead-deadbeat-gay-dad/
on “After my dad died, we found the love letters”Submitted Meet Your Heroes as a story · 8 points
HN discussionInteresting follow up post, published the same day: https://www.jenn.site/my-dead-deadbeat-gay-dad/
Comment linking /my-dead-deadbeat-gay-dad/
on “After my dad died, we found the love letters”Submitted Culture Isn't Stagnating, You Guys Are Just Old as a story · 4 points
HN discussionThere's a follow-up posted already too. https://www.jenn.site/my-dead-deadbeat-gay-dad/
Comment linking /my-dead-deadbeat-gay-dad/
on “After my dad died, we found the love letters”Submitted Culture Isn't Stagnating, You Guys Are Just Old as a story · 3 points
HN discussionI write a blog that’s not about AI, though is very technical.[1] For non-self promotion I’m a big fan of Jenn’s, who I got introduced by the first Inkhaven cohort.[2] [1]. https://blog.alexbeals.com/ [2]. https://jenn.site/
Comment linking /
on “Ask HN: What are your favorite blogs not about AI?”Submitted Montaigne's Epistemology as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Rich Friend, Poor Friend (2022) as a story · 3 points
HN discussion- gyomu · 2026-05-24
Submitted The Whitney Biennial Should Admit That Emilie Gossiaux Wants to Fuck Their Dog as a story · 2 points
HN discussion Submitted Metatextual Literacy as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Notes on Beautiful Nonfiction as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Culture Isn't Stagnating, You Guys Are Just Old as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Did Indigenous People Live in Harmony with the Land? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Social Dynamics at Arm's Length as a story · 1 points
HN discussion- nsm · 2026-01-07
Submitted Why Canada Lost Its Measles Elimination Status as a story · 1 points
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